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001 2011017002
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005 20121023083926.0
008 110512s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn723528980
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050 00 $aLB2353.2$b.S22 2012
082 00 $a378.1/6620973$223
245 00 $aSAT wars :$bthe case for test-optional college admissions /$cedited by Joseph A. Soares ; foreword by David Hawkins.
260 $aNew York :$bTeachers College Press,$cc2012.
300 $axiii, 226 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
505 0 $aThe preferences of privilege / Daniel Golden -- Reflections on a century of college admissions tests / Richard C. Atkinson, Saul Geiser -- SAT wars at the University of California / John Aubrey Douglass -- Abolishing the SAT / Charles Murray -- College admissions assessments: new techniques for a new millennium / Robert J. Sternberg -- The SAT: quantifying the unfairness behind the bubbles / Jay Rosner -- The SAT as a predictor of success at a liberal arts college / Kevin Rask, Jill Tiefenthaler -- The new SAT and academic performance at a flagship public university / Christopher Cornwell, David B. Mustard, Jessica Van Parys -- Predictors of academic success at a highly selective private research university / Teresa Wonnell, Chloe Melissa Rothstein, John Latting -- Test scores do not equal merit: deemphasizing standardized tests in college admissions / Robert Schaeffer -- Going test-optional: a first year of challenges, surprises, and rewards / Martha Allman -- Diversity outcomes of test-optional policies / Thomas J. Espenshade, Chang Young Chung.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aUniversities and colleges$zUnited States$xEntrance examinations.
650 0 $aEducation$xStandards$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEducational evaluation$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSAT (Educational test)
700 1 $aSoares, Joseph A.